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Originally posted by Red Admiral
A400Ms would be pretty useful as well.
I don't really see what's wrong with the historical Ar 232 that needs fixing.
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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
One could argue that the Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 is completely adequate and development of the Caproni Atlante I is superfluous. I am certain you would not agree in that case.
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
One could argue that the Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 is completely adequate and development of the Caproni Atlante I is superfluous. I am certain you would not agree in that case.
Well for a start the SM.82 doesn't actually exist in WW, Italy being one of those countries which is rationalising rather than producing everything under the sun. Then there's the fact that the SM.82 isn't a passenger aircraft, unpressurised, short range, low speed etc.
So why is the WW Ar 232 different to the historical aircraft? What is driving the change? Your preamble mentions that the Luftwaffe wants a new transport aircraft, but why was that aircraft selected instead of others? It's interesting to know rather than things just materialising like a bowl of petunias.
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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
As to rationale why demand something of me that is not asked of others?
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Originally posted by TexanCowboy
Just because something exists in the civilian market that just happened to get offered for military purposes doesn't mean that Italy is using the SM-82 for military purposes.....
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
Presumably, there's some confusion on the part of the Italian player on the existence of the SM.82.
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
Presumably, there's some confusion on the part of the Italian player on the existence of the SM.82.
Or just think, maybe it's an aircraft that hasn't been produced years ahead of it's historical date?
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
That doesn't stop the Savoia-Marchetti design office from producing designs. If there's a chance they can sell it to someone else, I'm sure they will.
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
Even now, I can't really tell from your comments if the SM.82 exists or not, and what stage of existence it is actually in; perhaps you could clarify?
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
A prototype would be built for the Argentine competition. It shouldn't that difficult to build a one-off, or start production, given the commonality with the SM.75. The SM.82 is essentially an SM.75 with a deeper fuselage for better transport capacity, and militarised. The SM.82 would make a good addition to the SM.75s currently operated in Argentina.
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